Issue #3 • April 2020 2,10 € ESPAÑOLA REVISTA DE DEFENSA ALL UNITED AGAINST COVID-19 ESPAÑOLA REVISTA DE DEFENSA We talk about defence NOW ALSO IN ENGLISH CONTENTS Managing Editor: Yolanda Rodríguez Vidales. Editor in Chief: Víctor Hernández Martínez. Heads of section. International: Rosa Ruiz Fernández. Art Director: Rafael Navarro. Par- liament and Opinion: Santiago Fernández del Vado. Culture: Esther P. Martínez. Photogra- phy: Pepe Díaz. Sections. National: Elena Tarilonte. Armed Forces: José Luis Expósito Montero. Photography and Archive: Hélène Gicquel Pasquier. Layout: Eduardo Fernández Salvador. Collaborators: Juan José Crespo 7 Letter of the Spanish Minister of Defence Esbert and María Senovilla. Featured in this Margarita Robles thanks all the personnel of her Department for their dedication edition: Francisco José Dacoba Cerviño, Jor- and generosity in this health crisis. ge Domecq Fernández, Mar Hidalgo García and Fernando Martínez Laínez. Translators: Fuensanta Zaballa Gómez, Paloma Muñoz de 8 Spain, in a state of alarm la Morena, Gráinne Mary Gahan and María The Ministry of Defence uses all its capabilities to collaborate in the management Sarandeses Fernández-Santaeulalia. of the health emergency. 12 Operation Balmis, every day is Monday The Armed Forces support the population and public services in their efforts to contain the epidemic. Published by: Ministerio de Defensa. Editing: C/ San Nicolás, 11. 28013 MADRID. Phone Num- 27 A battle we all must fight bers: 91 516 04 31/19 (management), 91 516 The United Nations deploys a plan of coordination and solidarity and the European 04 17/91 516 04 21 (editing). Fax: 91 516 04 18. Email:
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